1. United States
2. Utah
3. Letter

I am writing as a concerned citizen who is alarmed by the increasingly authoritarian behavior displayed by former President Donald Trump, most recently how he fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner simply because he dislikes a jobs report. This is not how a democracy functions. Leaders in a free nation do not silence facts or punish civil servants for reporting data that doesn’t serve their political narrative. This is what dictators do—attack truth, erase accountability, and dismantle institutions in service of personal power. You know this. And yet, too many in Congress remain silent or complicit. Our democratic system is built on transparency, independent institutions, and the rule of law—not loyalty to one individual. The willingness to sacrifice those pillars for political convenience is not only cowardly, it is dangerous. It threatens the very foundation of our republic. You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. That responsibility doesn’t vanish when it becomes politically inconvenient. I urge you to take a public stand, speak the truth, and hold accountable those who seek to undermine democracy for their own gain. We are watching, and history will remember who stood up when it mattered.